Here we go again....

Here we go again...

Last year I'd sent out a boat-load of queries and found myself knee deep in contracts all at the same time. Edits flew at me in all directions.

Well, here I go again.
Edits for my 2nd Black Rose will begin in the not so distant future.


I'm working through Chase's story, Kilt-a-licious, for Scarlet Rose.

And Fran sent me a wonderful shiny contract for Silent Vows, my 2nd full length time travel in my 'Vow's trilogy'.


I'm not complaining... it's all good. But if you don't see me around all that much, please forgive me. I'm reflecting on my good sense to pass on NaNo. *sigh

Happy Halloween Everyone... I'm over at Lindsay's Romantics with a short story for your reading pleasure.
Join Helen Hardt, Cari Quinn, Kaye Manro and many more authors who have put together a little scare, or two, for you.
Stay safe out there and eat candy till ya puke! Okay... maybe not puke. 'Cus that's just yucky

An agent requested a...

Every step for a writer is huge. Finishing a book is the first in my opinion. However, finishing a book is the beginning. When I started this journey to publication I started with finishing a book and went head first into the 'Find an Agent' quest. After six months I started sending queries to publishers and before long found myself contracted and knee deep in revisions and edits.

Now I'm back at the step I started before. Looking for an agent. I've learned so very much in the past year and hope that knowledge and tenacity pays off. I've sent off plenty of queries to agents over the last month. I've had my share of rejections too... but I've also had a shiny light as well.

I've sent off a requested partial to a wonderful agent with hopes of wowing her. Thanks to my CP's and continual support of writing friends and readers I'll keep on this journey in hopes of getting my books into more readers hands.

Have a safe and happy halloween everyone.

I want that

Yesterday I was browsing the isles of Barnes and Noble… okay, make that browsing the romance isle of B & N and I noticed a woman kneeling in front of Lisa Kleypas shelf… Yes, the woman has her own shelf. Anyway, said woman had a list in her hand and she was removing five books from Ms. Kleypas’s shelf and smiling.

I, in all my shyness, said to her… “I see you’re a Lisa Kleypas fan.”

She glanced up at me and said, “I just discovered her.”
I went on to say I enjoy her books and continued to browse the new releases.

I want that!

I want to be the author who someone takes the time to look up, write a list of all my books and then walks into a bookstore and then takes a handful to the register.

Am I asking for too much?

I didn’t say I wanted to be famous. Or rich doing this… Not that I would say no to either.

Oh, what book did I buy? Kate Pearce’s next installment of her ‘Simply’ series. Simply Wicked… Which I gobbled up in one day.

And I noticed two other things at B&N…
One, what a pathetic lack of romance on the shelves. Some of my favorite authors weren’t there. *blah.

Two, I glanced at the adds for the new Nook… the e-reader that is coming next month. Looks promising.

Where am I?

I'm not sure where I am... lol! Last night was a Halloween Party with the Cub Scouts. Some of you know that I wear the God-Awful Scout Uniform as a Cub Master... so I was really busy. On top of that, my 10 year old came home with a goldfish.

What in the hell am I gonna do with a goldfish? I thought the thing would be dead by morning. Now I need to go get the thing food. *banging head on desk*

Oh well... I have something to keep my mind off the fish dilemma.

I'm over at Lia's blog today with a new excerpt of Kilt Worthy. So stop on over and take a look.
Click HERE!

I'm at the...

I am over at the Black Rose Blog talking about Zombies.

Stop by and wave!

Happy Halloween.

Synopsis Writing

Quick, everyone who LOVES to write a synopsis raise your hand.

*chirp

*chirp

Ahh, I see I'm not alone in my desire to toss the process out the door.

My latest WIP is nearly complete but in my effort to become more of a plotter and less of a pantser I made myself write a synopsis before I finished the book. Is it working? Eh, kind of. As the story clicks along the synopsis changes and I tweak it to resemble my finished project, but I do have to say that referring to my original synopsis does help me consider where I want this story to end up. So that isn't a bad thing.

Not to mention that the big guns in publishing often contract work based on synopsis alone. And since I do have a desire to actually make some money with my stories, I have no choice but to learn and master this art.

But I'm not going quietly. My charecter driven stories suprise me on a daily basis. What I think will happen isn't completely what does happen.

So for today, boys and girls... or mainly girls... lol Tell me two things. First, are you a plotter or a pantser? Second, who is your dream agent and why? Third, have you ever written a synopsis before a story and did it work out the way you wanted it to?